Is the discount that low? I get close to a 35% discount, so at least 7 rides and I'm even. Of course I get no AAA discount, but I think it's pretty good.Yea, if I would do all 10 rides I'd save a bit, but I think theres a 45 or so day limit to them, and if I only hit 8 or 9 I'd lose money and points.
One thing I would add with regard to the 10-trip tickets is that the "travel date" for promotions is the first day of validity. That may or may not be the purchase date.We are often asked at AGR how monthly and multi-ride tickets are considered in terms of point posting and promotional eligibility. 2 TQPs per dollar spent are awarded for all monthly pass and multi-ride ticket products.
Monthly tickets - points are typically posted in the first week of the month following the month of validity. However, the travel date for purpose of promotional eligibility is the first day of the month of validity.
Example: Purchase a monthly ticket for June 2013; points should appear in the first week of July 2013. The ticket will post at that time with a travel date of 6/1/13.
Multi-ride tickets (10-trip, etc.) - points are typically posted the day after expiration of the ticket. However, the travel date for purpose of promotional eligibility is the first day of the validity period.
Example: Purchase a 10-trip Northeast Regional ticket (with 45-day validity) on 3/8/13. 45 days would be 4/22/13, so points should post on 4/23/13. The ticket will post at that time with a travel date of 3/8/13.
True for any ticket - When a point credit event occurs in the first week of any month, please allow extra days for posting. Month-end accounting work on the mainframe causes our point posting to get batched up for the first few days of each new month.
Hope this helps,
AGR Insider
I figured since I wasn't going to use it until Monday, I said to make the first day Monday the 20th, but I bought it on Friday the 17th. So that'll cost me the double points. I typically use up these things well before the 45-day window is up, although I did use my last ride on one the absolute last day.One thing I would add with regard to the 10-trip tickets is that the "travel date" for promotions is the first day of validity. That may or may not be the purchase date.
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